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| Tim Peake spacewalk: Live footage as British astronaut becomes UK's first ever person in space - latest updates | |
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| Tim Peake is making the final preparations as he prepares for his history-making spacewalk. | Tim Peake is making the final preparations as he prepares for his history-making spacewalk. |
| The astronaut, 43, will become the first Briton to walk in space when he ventures out of the International Space Station (ISS) to help repair a broken power unit, from 12.55 GMT on Friday. | The astronaut, 43, will become the first Briton to walk in space when he ventures out of the International Space Station (ISS) to help repair a broken power unit, from 12.55 GMT on Friday. |
| Major Peake and his Nasa colleague Colonel Tim Kopra have been pictured arranging their tools and getting into the airlock as the career-defining moment draws ever closer. | Major Peake and his Nasa colleague Colonel Tim Kopra have been pictured arranging their tools and getting into the airlock as the career-defining moment draws ever closer. |
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| Famous faces have already sent messages of support for the astronaut. | Famous faces have already sent messages of support for the astronaut. |
| Prime Minister David Cameron said on Twitter hours before the spacewalk: "Good luck to astro-timpeake on today's £spacewalk." | Prime Minister David Cameron said on Twitter hours before the spacewalk: "Good luck to astro-timpeake on today's £spacewalk." |
| He added: "The country will be watching you make history £ScienceIsGREAT." | He added: "The country will be watching you make history £ScienceIsGREAT." |
| Veteran rockers The Who, quoting their own lyrics, added: "Good luck astro-timpeake on your £EVA. Stay safe! £principia £spacerocks I can see for miles and miles and miles! Best wishes, TheWho." | Veteran rockers The Who, quoting their own lyrics, added: "Good luck astro-timpeake on your £EVA. Stay safe! £principia £spacerocks I can see for miles and miles and miles! Best wishes, TheWho." |
| Major Peake said "nothing can fully prepare (us) for the feeling of being outside of a spacecraft in the vacuum of space" as he completed the final preparations. | Major Peake said "nothing can fully prepare (us) for the feeling of being outside of a spacecraft in the vacuum of space" as he completed the final preparations. |
| Additional reporting by agencies. | Additional reporting by agencies. |